Nea Baptist Health System Inc

Overview

Mission

What it reported doing in 2023

Nea baptist health system, inc.'s purpose is to support northeast Arkansas clinic charitable foundation, inc., baptist memorial hospital-jonesboro, inc., and baptist memorial health care corporation and its supported organizations, including arranging for the delivery of health care services in jonesboro, Arkansas, and the provision of medical outpatient services in northeast Arkansas. To accomplish these purposes, the corporation will perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of northeast Arkansas clinic charitable foundation, inc., baptist memorial hospital-jonesboro, inc., and baptist memorial health care corporation and its supported organizations. Services are provided to these related organizations that provide quality health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 271799652
IRS 990 coverage: 2013–2023
Forms available: Form 990 2023
Location: Memphis, TN, USA
Phone: 8709727272
Rating: 67
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Community Health Systems
Affiliation: Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $25,009,248
Expenses: $25,009,248
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $11,817,888

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 89
Transparency & Controls: 57
Accountability: 44
Sustainability: 22
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 26.7%; rating input score 27; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -46.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: 4 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $2.2M · 23 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2013 to 2023
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Related organizations: 68 filed related-organization links
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 27/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Highest reported compensation

PAUL D DEPRIEST MD (FORMER CEO): $2,156,966 total reported compensation
ZACHARY R CHANDLER (CORPORATE OFFICER): $1,540,548 total reported compensation
GREGORY M DUCKETT (SECRETARY): $1,346,501 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023.